Chapter 157

§ 157-1. Legislative intent. The village has experienced a significant increase in requests to film in the community. Because filming has the potential to disrupt orderly life in a small community, the public welfare and safety require that it be appropriately regulated and that applications for filming be handled in a consistent manner. § 157-2. Filming permits and standards. A. No commercial, movie, television program, documentary or similar presentation, or any portion thereof, shall be filmed, videotaped, recorded or otherwise made on any private property or public property, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, parks and buildings, in the Village of Croton- on-Hudson without first obtaining a permit. A permit shall be required for the running of cable, the placing or storing of equipment of any kind, the parking of vehicles used in connection with filming or any other film-related activity on any public or private property within the village or for any other use of such property for the purpose of filming. B. Application for a permit shall be submitted to the Village Manager on an application form to be provided by the Village Manager. C. Permit applications must be submitted at least three days prior to the date the filming is to take place for a one-day shoot and five days for any shoots of more than one day. D. Time restrictions. (1) No applicant shall allow any filming to be conducted prior to 7:0 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. (2) No applicant shall allow equipment used in connection with such filming, including but not limited to lights, generators and related equipment, to be set up or operated at the location described in the permit application prior to 7:0 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. If any such equipment used in connection with filming is to be dismantled, taken down or removed after the day's shooting, then filming must cease sufficiently in advance of 10:00 p.m. so that all such activities end no later than 10:00 p.m. E. The Village Manager shall have the authority to approve or disapprove an application for a permit § 157-2 FILMING, REGULATION OF § 157-8 and to establish such conditions for filming as deemed necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson. The Village Manager may also extend the hours of filming on either public or private property if the filming is to be in an isolated location or, in his judgment, such extension is consonant with the public health, welfare and safety, subject to any conditions he deems necessary and appropriate. § 157-3. Insurance required. A certificate of insurance must be submitted with the application for any filming permit involving the use of public property for the purpose of making films, naming the Village of Croton-on-Hudson as an additional insured, in the following amounts: A. Property damage: $1,000,000 per individual; $1,000,000 per occurrence. B. Personal injury: $1,000,000 per individual; $1,000,000 per occurrence. § 157-4. Requests for film productions in excess of five days. Application for a permit for a film production, including any preparatory running of cable, placement or storing of equipment or other activity related to the filming process that will exceed five days, must be submitted to the Village Manager at least 14 days prior to the date filming will take place. The request will thereafter be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval, approval with conditions or disapproval. § 157-5. Use of village employees. A. Applicants shall be responsible for all costs associated with the use of village employees during the filming process. Payment of the estimated costs, as determined by the Village Manager, shall be made in advance of the filming and shall be a condition of the permit. Any adjustment upward or downward, based on the actual costs incurred by the village, shall be made after the filming is completed. B. The decision whether to use village employees shall be the responsibility of the Village Manager for filming of five days or fewer and shall be the responsibility of the Board of Trustees for filming that will exceed five days. § 157-6. Fees. A. Fees shall be adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees for: (1) Filming by or for a nonprofit organization or the filming of a documentary, for each day, on either private or public property. (2) Filming by a production company for a commercial or for a profit-making entity, for each day, on either private or public property. § 157-7. Previous offenses. No applicant who has been previously convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be granted a permit hereunder for a period of 18 months from the date of such conviction. § 157-8 CROTON-ON-HUDSON CODE § 157-8. Penalties for offenses. Any person or entity who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of $5 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each violation of any provision of this chapter shall be separate and distinct offense; and in case of continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. § 157-9. Exclusions; television news. This chapter shall not apply to the filming by a television news crew of an event occurring contemporaneously within the Village of Croton-on-Hudson. § 157-10. When effective. This chapter shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State. MASKS AND FACE COVERINGS § 158-1